Tag: COVID-19
Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Prevents Severe Disease In Mice
An experimental vaccine is effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to a study. ....
WHO-sponsored Plan For New COVID-19 Tools Has Shown Results: Tedros
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO-sponsored plan for new COVID-19 tools has shown results.....
Coronavirus: WHO Warns Against Complacency Among Lower-risk Groups
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, who are unaware that they are infected with the Covid-19, are driving the spread of the deadly virus, it was reported on Tuesday. ....
Pay-cuts Or Layoffs Possible In Future, Says BCCI Official
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has managed not to lay-off any staff or impose any pay cuts for players during this period of economic meltdown enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
Covid-19 No Ground For Postponing Polls: SC On Bihar Elections
The Supreme Court on Friday said Covid-19 cannot be a ground for postponing elections, as it declined to entertain a petition seeking postponement of the Assembly elections in Bihar till the state is free from the Covid-19 pandemic.....
UN Chief Terms COVID-19 As Game-changer For International Peace, Security
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security.....
Dwayne Johnson, Family Had Tested Covid Positive; Now Recovered
Hollywood action superstar Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he along with his wife and their two children tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago, and have recovered now. ....
Kejriwal To Delhi Traders: Relief In Fixed Power Charges Soon
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told Delhi's traders' and industrial associations on Friday that adequate steps will be taken to provide "relief" in terms of fixed power charges that the commercial and industrial units are obliged to pay despite suffering economic losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ....
How To Decide Who Should Get The COVID-19 Vaccine First
At least 19 global health experts have proposed a new, three-phase plan for vaccine distribution, called the Fair Priority Model -- which aims to reduce premature deaths and other irreversible health consequences from Covid-19. ....
COVID-19: Don't Ignore Exhaustion, Chest Pain, Say Experts
Lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome had taken centre-stage as the most dreaded complications of COVID-19. However, with time, more issues have begun to be discovered. Heart damage has now emerged as another grim outcome in the virus's repertoire of possible complications. ....
